The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include anxiety, and denied an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for hearing loss. Several issues related to service connection were remanded.
The deciding factor: The weight of the probative evidence was at least in equipoise with establishing that the Veteran's anxiety and alcohol use disorder are related to his active service, while there is no evidence supporting a higher rating for bilateral hearing loss based on the current audiometric findings.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety, alcohol use disorder, back disability, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity (LLE), radiculopathy of the right lower extremity (RLE), aortic valve insufficiency, hypertension, left foot disability, to include plantar fasciitis and pes planus, right foot disability, to include plantar fasciitis and pes planus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25047446
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of October 21, 2021, for the grant of service connection for hypertension.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a back disability due to a duty to assist error, specifically regarding VA's failure to provide the Veteran with a VA examination prior to the rating decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to ensure a proper examination and etiology opinion are provided.
- Dismissed
The appeal for a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss, service connection for right ear hearing loss, and bilateral vision condition was dismissed. Service connection for hypertension, congestive heart failure, and coronary artery disease was denied.
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